Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "goal" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

hockey game soccer game

Capable Of

complete quest equal score

Causes Desire

get stand up write program

Derived Terms

Olympic goal antigoal any hole's a goal away goal basketball goal captain's goal consolation goal distal goal drop goal dropped goal empty-net goal end goal field goal → field goal percentage ghost goal goal area goal attack goal average goal cage goal celebration goal contribution goal defence goal difference goal judge goal kick goal line goal machine goal setting goal shooter goal square goal suck goal third goal umpire goal-directed goal-getter goal-line goal-oriented goal-suck goalball goalbound goalbox goaler goalfest goalframe goalgetter goalhanger goalie goalish goalkeeper goalkicker goalkicking goalless goalminder goalmouth goalodicy goalpost → move the goalposts goalscorer goalscoring goalside goalsneak goalsquare goaltend goaltender goaltending goalward golden goal in goal in-goal insurance goal life goal multigoal non-goal nongoal open goal opening goal own goal penalty goal phantom goal ringoal self goal shot on goal silver goal squad goal stretch goal subgoal supergoal touch-in-goal wondergoal

Context

australian rules gaelic football

Part Of (Holonyms)

design

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cognitive content content end finish game equipment mental object score terminal

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bullseye promotion win

Type Of (IsA)

content game equipment intelligent agent activity physical event place for playing sports score

Part Of

plan of action

Related Terms

campaign cause crusade drive movement

Related Terms

achieve achieved achievement aim aspire aspire towards attempt biggest biggest objective field football goalkeeper hockey hockey score loop method net objective pipe pipe loop player point points purpose score scoring scoring method soccer soccer field soccer score soccer touchdown soccer win sport sports sports purpose sports success success target target aim three three points touchdown towards van win

Synonym Network

ambition finish

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.